This is a fascinating, and practical exploration into why the things that make our brains "happy" are not always what we really need. Why do we routinely choose options that don't meet our short term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we insist we're right even when evidence contradicts us? Why are we prone to assigning meaning to statistically common coincidences?...(展开全部)

戴维·A. 卡波奈尔（David A. Carbonell, PhD.）是一名专门治疗各类焦虑的临床心理学家，出版了包括《焦虑发作练习册》（Panic Attacks Workbook）《如何应对飞行恐惧》（Fear of Flying Workbook）《智取你的焦虑大脑》（Outsmart Your Anxious Brain）和本书在内的四部针对焦虑的专题作品。他运营着“焦虑教练”网站，并已经向全球超过9000名心理咨询师讲授过焦虑应对方案课程。他于1990年在芝加哥建立了美国首批焦虑障碍专门治疗机构“焦虑治疗中心”。

丈量幸福的梦想家 索尼娅•柳博米尔斯基 Sonja Lyubomirsky  美国加州大学河滨分校心理学教授。她先后就读于两大世界顶级名校哈佛大学和斯坦福大学，师从著名社会心理学家、冲突和谈判领域顶级专家李•罗斯。  积极心理学领域最具值得关注的心理学家。柳博米尔斯基关于幸福的研究成果丰硕，荣膺2002年度坦普顿（Templeton）积极心理学大奖，获得美国国家心理健康研究所特别资助。  最受大众媒体欢迎的心理学者。柳博米尔斯基关于幸福的研究结论常成为大众媒体热议话题，《奥普拉脱口秀》、《纽约时报》、《时代周刊》、《华尔街日报》、《悦己》、《时尚》、《大观》、《商业周刊》、《卫报》、《波士顿环球报》、《经济学人》、《人物》、《新科学家》、《福布斯》等国际主流媒体争相报道。

Happiness expert Sonja Lyubomirsky’s research-based lessons in how to find opportunity in life’s thorniest moments In The Myths of Happiness , Sonja Lyubomirsky isolates the major turning points of adult life, looking to both achievements (marriage, children, professional satisfaction, wealth) and failures (singlehood, divorce, financial ruin, illness) to reveal that our m...(展开全部)

Why are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, and others at controlling? We have something deep and consistent within us that determines the choices we make and the situations we bring about. But why should members of the same species differ so markedly in their natures? What is the best personality to have; a bold one or a shy...(展开全部)

Who says you can’t train a cat? Just when you thought you had reached the end of your ball of twine, one of America’s most popular cat behaviorists comes to the rescue of perplexed cat owners everywhere, providing practical and effective strategies for solving every feline behavior problem imaginable—from litter box issues to scratching, spraying, biting, and beyond. Cat Whi...(展开全部)

温蒂•铃木 ● 世界知名的神经科学家、纽约大学终身教授，她掌管着一个交互研究实验室，并荣获过多项研究大奖，包括美国国家科学院授予的托兰研究奖（Troland Research Award），还曾两度登上TED舞台。她对身体与大脑健康的研究不仅推进了人们对身心关系的理解，也改变了她自己以及很多读者的人生，使人们活得更健康、更幸福。 比利•菲茨帕特里克 ● 科学作家，与许多科学家合著过多部作品，其中不乏《纽约时报》畅销书。尤其在身心健康、神经科学、营养、饮食与健康写作领域，他都擅长。

[英]尼基·海斯 尼基·海斯博士，心理学作家、顾问和教育家，英国心理学会会员，特许心理学家。曾在布拉德福德大学、利兹大学和哈德斯菲尔德大学讲授心理学，善于将心理学理论灵活应用于日常生活，著有20多本畅销书及教材。

Based on their workshops and counseling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and at times humorous look at a problem that affects everyone: students and scientists, secretaries and executives, homemakers and salespeople. Procrastination identifies the reasons we put off tasks—fears of failure, success, control, separation, and a...(展开全部)

A leading expert explains what government bureaucracies do and why they behave the way they do.